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I worked four days last week and it felt strange after being out of work for several months. :D It was a less eventful week, no more outbreaks of lice, but the quiet was nice. It's a smaller school than my old one, not quite half the size, so learning who all of the kids and staff are isn't too hard. So far, things are going well. :) It was a quiet week overall, just one shift at Habitat and life on the home front was quiet. Now, books....books were not quiet; they got a little crazy last week. :D

Odd, interesting, or funny search phrases leading to the blog: "brian michaud monday" - ?? I've had author Anne Michaud on the blog several times but no clue who Brian Michaud is; "cute cat thursday" :) and "dusty 2 arc read", that might be related to a meme I participated in several years ago.

It was a really good week for books but a really bad week for my will power. I had none. *hangs head*

Won

The book fairy was feeling generous last week and I won several different giveaways. Squee!
I won this from My ParaHangover in her Something Wicked Strikes giveaway. Woot!

Sarah at Smart Bitches was giving away copies of this book and I was one of the winners. I'd actually forgotten that I entered so the email was a very nice surprise indeed! The book's been on my wish list for months and now I have it!

This has been on my wish list for several years so I was bouncing when I got the email telling me I'd won. :D And then the author, Carolyn, sent a super nice, uber-chirpy email along with the book. I smiled so hard reading her email.

Thanks ladies!

Review

This is for a blog tour in January.

NetGalley was my downfall last week, especially the READ NOW titles. I had to join NetGalley November just so I can get my ratio back up. I returned a couple books which lowered my ratio and then I went and downloaded more books, which further lowered my ratio. Sigh. Also, the Sandy James books? TOTALLY the fault of Anna at Herding Cats. She raved about the books, I put them on my wish list, and then NG made them READ NOW. Will power, I no haz it.

I enjoyed the first story in the Rogue River serial but, being part of a serial, it ended on a cliffhanger. Argh! So I snagged books two and three.

I was surprised my request for the Carriger book was approved since they rejected me for the first two books but hey, I'll take it! Wolves' Bane will appear first at Romance at Random, then here, in January.

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I understand work part completely - I agreed to cover friend in her school because she had some personal obligations. It was as if I never stopped working at the same time, but on the other hand I was physically and emotionally drained - I was in bed before 11. :)

The new Jio book!!!! I loved Goodnight June! Looks like you had a great week of books and a great week otherwise. Glad there was no lice outbreak again! I love your search terms. I can see why "dusty 2 ARC reads" would end up here but why would anyone search on that? Have a great week!

Sounds like a good work week and you're getting into the swing of it again. Congrats on your wins this week, A Bollywood Affair sounds good as does Melinda Leigh books, and the new Sarah Jio book, yay!

I'm reading Kill Em With Cayenne and enjoying it.Happy to hear your new job is going well and no more pesky lice. Just typing that made my head itch. LOLYou had some great wins this week. Some fun reads ahead:)Here's my Sunday Post - http://fuonlyknew.com/2014/11/02/whats-new-on-my-bookshelf-85-and-the-sunday-post/

You need to rub off on me since I never win anything lol.Congrats on the job, lice is awful, I had that when I was a kid my mom said it was a nightmare since I had a head of really curly hair and she had to comb through each strand, got it from the neighbors next door. Guess who wasn't allowed to play with them anymore ;)

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